Trying to implement an identify tool

[Stephen Lime]

This is pretty easy using the standard MapServer or MapScript for that matter. You just need a little javascript to change the form target when the mode changes. That's how the data deli works. When a user wants to do a query, just before submission a results window is opened and the target property of the form is changed to use that window. That target could be a frame, a window or even a css layer. To do this implement an onSubmit
method for your main form and do a little checking just before submitting the form.

BTW LandView and it's underlying code will support this as well.

Steve

Steve

<<< <bfischer at usgs.gov>  5/ 5  2:38p >>>
I am trying to implement an identify tool similiar to how ArcView IMS
works.  I was wondering if anyone else has implement something like this
with mapserver.  What I want is a seperate window to appear after a feature
is clicked on.  This would be fairly simple if we could use a javascript
function like window.open in the template parameter of a layer query.  Is
there any way to do something like this with the current version of
mapserver?

Thanks,

Brian Fischer
bfischer at usgs.gov
USGS WRD
2280 Woodale Dr.
Mounds View, MN
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